AK Steel makes Fortune®"Most Admired" list

February 25, 2005

AK Steel has been named as one of "America's Most Admired Companies" by Fortunemagazine. The listing appears in the March 7, 2005 edition of Fortune, a financial publication.

According to Fortune, ratings for the list result from a survey of 10,000 executives, directors, and securities analysts. The surveys rate eight criteria including innovation, employee talent, use of corporate assets, social responsibility, quality of management, financial soundness, long-term investment, and quality of products and services.